Anna GREENOUGH (1842-1928)
1 Anna Lillie GREENOUGH1,2,3,4 (1842-1928) [9927]. Born 18 Jun 1842, Cambridge, MA.1,3 Marr Charles MOULTON 6 Jun 1861, Paris, France.2 Marr Johann DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE 21 Oct 1875, Cambridge, MA.5 Died 1928.6
From the New York Times.
June 21, 1861 - "I must find room to notice a wedding in American fashionable life, which took place here yesterday. You will recollect an eulogium I passes some months ago on the musical talent of a very young and very beautiful American lady, who had been in Europe two years studying Garota and Romani - Miss Lillie Greenough, of Cambridge, Mass. This lady was married yesterday to Mr. Charles Moulton, son of a New York millionaire, who has lived in Paris the last twenty years. The occasion brought together a very brilliant assembly of American and French residents and visitors."
From the Macon Weekly Telegraph (Macon, GA).
December 26, 1871 - "Mrs. Charles Moulton. From Frank Leslie's Magazine for January.
The portrait herewith presented is one of the most distinguished American singers who has yet won the admiration and critical praise of Europe. Mrs. Charles Moulton, although unknown to the profession as a public singer, has attained to a position in lyric art seldom occupied even by the great artists who have given their talents to the world. She was born in Cambridge, Mass., inheriting from American parents the most characteristic virtues of Puritan stock, and the musical talents of a whole generation of cultivated singers. At a very early age she evinced remarkable vocal gifts, and the temperament of an artist, which attracted the attention of observing friends beyond the immediate family circle of admirers. So pronounced were her vocal powers, so unusually delicate her perceptions, and so marvelous her execution of music, that she became the prima donna of a select work by divine right.
A girl who at fourteen can sing "Casta diva," and "Ernani duvolami," at a public concert, and arrest the attention of a critical assemblage by the skill of execution and the mature delicacy of her method, is a phenomenon in art.
Mrs Moulton's talents were, however, kept strictly within the arena of private life. Every facility that generous and influential relatives could offer was granted to develop and mature her gifts. When but eighteen she was sent to Germany, to study under the best masters. Here she attracted the attention of the King of Saxony almost immediately, and in spite of every precaution to prevent publicity, she was forced into the distinguished court circles in Dresden, and almost at once made the object of the most extraordinary attentions from the musicians residing there. The flattery of so eminent an assemblage did not deter her from the prosecution of her studies. She went to Paris with her mother, residing there some time in studious retirement, and proceeded to London, where she became the pupil of the famous Carcia. Her progress under the instruction of this eminent master was such as to win from him exceptional praise. He coupled her name with that of Malibran, and wrote of her that she possessed the most exquisite voice he has ever heard.
After a preliminary course she went to Italy and became the protege of the veteran maestro Romain, who added his tributes to those of Garcia. On again visiting Paris, she became the favorite in a select coterie of musicians. Rosini said of her, when he heard he sing for the first time, "Voila la Voix" "I have heard it before in my imagination."
It was during this residence in Paris that she formed the acquaintance of Mr. Charles Moulton, whom she subsequently married. Here also, an intimacy sprang up with Mme. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt and Mme. Schrader Devrient. It was through the influence of the latter that Mrs. Moulton began a regular course of operatic studies, and prepared herself for a professional life.
On returning to America, however, her friends opposed the step, and she abandoned it, never for a moment relinquishing her studies. Not long after , she visited Paris again, and was married. The festivities incident to this event threw her into the most exclusive court circles of that gay metropolis. She became an intimate friend of the Empress Eugenie, and no ball or party at the Tuileriwa was reckoned completer without the American belle. She was flattered, feted, and sought after. Anber composed a benedictus for her. She sung at the chapel of the Tuileries, and the place was besieged by all the resident and visiting nobility. Probably no other American woman ever received so many social honors, or is more generally beloved.
When in America, she was besought on all hands to appear in public; and the one occasion upon which she consented must be fresh in the minds of the musical people of New York. It was at the Dramatic Fund Concert, given two years ago at the Academy of Music. Nor can the success she then achieved have been forgotten. Her sweet, emotional, mezzo-soprano voice seemed a revelation in art and her exquisite style and wonderful beauty produced a profound impression"
From the Daily Constitution (Middletown, CT).
October 5, 1875 - "Mrs. Charles Moulton, the singer, is to marry a foreigner, M. de Hagerman-Lindercrone."
From the Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)
October 21, 1875 - "Mrs. Charles Moulton will be married on the 21st inst. to Mr. J. H. de Hegermann-Lindencrone, Danish minister at Washington. The ceremony will take place at Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Moulton's present residence."
From the Critic-Record (Washington, D.C.)
October 28, , 1875 - "Who can tell what a day may bring forth? Thursday she was Mrs. Charles Moulton; Friday, Madame Le Chambellan de Hegermann Lendenchrone."
From Wikipedia, the on-line free encyclopedia.
"Lillie De Hegermann-Lindencrone, (1844-1928), born Lillie Greenough in Cambridge, Massachusetts and later known as Lillie Moulton, was a trained singer, and latterly a diplomat's wife noted for publishing in 1913 a book of letters describing The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life.
As a chile she developed the remarkable voice which later was to make her well known, and when only fifteen years of age her mother took her to London to study under Manuel Garcia. Two years later she became the wife of Charles Moulton, the son of a well-known American banker, who had been a resident in Paris since the days of Louis Philippe. As Madame Charles Moulton she became an appreciated guest at the court of Napoleon III. Upon his fall, in circa 1870, she returned to the United States, where Mr. Moulton died, and a few years afterward she married M. de Hegermann-Lindencrone, at that time Danish Minister to the United States, and in later periods his country's representative at Stockholm, Rome, Paris, Washington and Berlin.
She was, by her own description, a friend and favourite of a number of contemporary royal houses, being intimate with Christian IX of Denmark and his queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel); Unberton I of Italy and his queen Margherita of Savoy, Oscar II of Sweden and his queen Sofia of Nassau; and the many offspring and relations of these families. She was also acquainted with many of the famous composers of her day, including Roger Wagner, Franz Liszt, and Gioacchino Rossini.
Her book, The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, provides an insight into the etiquette of European court life in the last years of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century, as seen through the prism of a serving diplomat, friend and confidante of European royalty.
Several publications documenting her career as a singer were released, including one by Samuel Frizzel."
2 William Hardy GREENOUGH1,4 (1795-1854) [9921]. Born 31 Jan 1795.1 Marr Harriet Howard FAY 1830.1 Died 30 Nov 1854, Rochester, NY.1
3 Harriet Howard FAY1,4 (1810- ) [9920]. Born 22 Apr 1810, Concord, MA.1
6 Samuel Phillips Prescott FAY1,4,7,8,9 (1778-1856) [4360]. Born 10 Jan 1778, Concord, MA.1,7,8,9 Marr Harriet HOWARD 1801.1 Died 18 May 1856, Cambridge, MA.1,9,10
From the History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890.
"Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, son of Jonathan Fay, of Concord, was born in that own January 10, 1778, and graduated at Harvard in 1803, in the class with John Farrar, James Savage and Samuel Willard. He was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1803 and first settled at Cambridgeport. He was a councilor in 1818-19, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, and an overseer of Harvard College from 1825 to 1852. On the 12th of May, 1821, he was appointed judge of Probate and afterwards lived in old Cambridge until his death, May 18, 1856."
From the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA).
May 20, 1856 - "DEATH OF JUDGE FAY. The venerable Hon. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, of Cambridge, died in that city on Sunday last. The deceased was Judge of Probate for Middlesex County for a long term of years, and was a man universally respected and esteemed. He was the disciple of Dr. William E. Channing, Judge Story, Rev. Dr. Tuckerman, and other noted men, having graduated at Harvard in 1798. His age was 78.".
12 Jonathan FAY , Jr.1,7,11 (aft1752-1811) [4358]. Born btw 21 Jan 1752 and 1754, Westboro, MA.1,7 Marr Lucy PRESCOTT 6 Dec 1776.11 Died 1 Jun 1811, Concord, MA.1,8,12
From History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835.
"Jonathan Fay, son of Captain Johnathan Fay of Westborough, who was graduated at Harvard College in 1778, settled in Concord soon after, married Lucy Prescott, and died June 1, 1811, aged 59."
"Lucy Prescott b. April 24, 1757, dau. of Dr. Abel Prescott & his wife, Abigail Brigham of Concord, Mass. Lucy Prescott m. Dec. 6, 1776, Jonathan Fay, Esq., & settled in Concord, where he became distinguished in the profession of the law. He was Representative for Concord in the General Court from 1792 to 1796 inclusive. He was a student of Harvard College at the time it was removed to Concord to avoid the dangers incident to the war. He was the son of Captain Jonathan Fay of Westbrook, Mass., and born on Jan. 21, 1752; grad Harvard Coll. in 1778; read law and settled in Concord, Mass. (ancestors of the two Presidents of the United States, Bush.)"
Researchers note: Based on the Orlin P. Fay data, Jonathan was born January 21, 1754. Shattuck says January 21, 1752.
13 Lucy PRESCOTT1,7,11 (1757-1792) [4359]. Born 24 Apr 1757.1,7 Died 10 Oct 1792.13
7 Harriet HOWARD1,4,7 (1782-1847) [4361]. Born 1782.7 Died 28 Jul 1847, Cambridge, MA.14
Sources
| 1 | "Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 2 | "Wedding announcement of Lillie Greenough and Charles Moulton in the New York Times, June 21, 1861". |
| 3 | "Passport of Anna Lillie Moulton". |
| 4 | "Ancestors of George W. Bush *1946 (explanations) by William Addams Reitwiesner". |
| 5 | "Wedding announcement of Mrs. Charles Moulton and . J. H. de Hegermann-Lindencrone in the Indianapolis Sentinel, Oct. 25, 1875". |
| 6 | "From Wikipedia, the on-line free encyclopedia". |
| 7 | "Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd". |
| 8 | "History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835". |
| 9 | "History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890". |
| 10 | "Obituary of Judge Fay in the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 20, 1856". |
| 11 | "History of Concord, Massachusetts by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835". |
| 12 | "Massachusetts Town Death Records". |
| 13 | "1920 NY, Steuben, Corning census". |
| 14 | "Death notice of Mrs. Harriet Fay in the Daily Atlas (Boston, MA), August 5, 1847". |
